Alexander Pope (Routledge Guides to Literature)

Taylor & Francis

A comprehensive, user-friendly introduction to Alexander Pope's life and works, outlining the major critical issues and offering guides to further reading. > \nSo many questions surround the key figures in the English literary canon, but most books focus on one aspect of an author's life or work, or limit themselves to a single critical approach. Alexander Pope is a comprehensive, user-friendly guide which:\n * offers information on Pope's life, contexts and works\n * outline the major critical issues surrounding his works, from the time they were written to the present\n *explains the full range of different critical views and interpretations\n * offers guides to further reading in each area discussed. > Introduction. Section 1: Life and Contexts; A Catholic Childhood; Forest Retreats; Literary London; Kings and Queens; Scriblerus; Epic Intent; Booksellers and Ladies; Works and Days; Twickenham; Shakespeare; Epic of Fleet Street; System and Satire; Horace; Letters; Laureate i.